Jimmy Edwards reprises his TV and radio role as the Professor trying to control a school full of naughty boys.Jimmy Edwards reprises his TV and radio role as the Professor trying to control a school full of naughty boys.Jimmy Edwards reprises his TV and radio role as the Professor trying to control a school full of naughty boys.
Sydney Tafler
- Sid Biggs
- (as Sidney Tafler)
Vanda Hudson
- Matron
- (as Vanda)
Mitch Mitchell
- Wendover
- (as John Mitchell)
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- TriviaDonald Hewlett and Melvyn Hayes would both end up being cast as regulars on the BBC sitcom 'It Ain't Half Hot Mum (1974)' (1974-1981), fourteen years after this film was released.
- GoofsWhen the boys are rioting in the school yard, they are deemed to be using radio controlled model planes to attack the teachers. As the models fly low over the top of the teachers who are crawling low along the ground, (it would not be allowed these days) the models are clearly not radio controlled models, but rather the control line variety. Their circular flight path makes this very obvious.
- Quotes
Professor Jim Edwards: [Addressing three new boys] Now what should you know about this school? A phrase to remember is the Latin one, "Mens sana in corpore sano", "Healthy mind, healthy body". We give you the choice.
- ConnectionsSpin-off from Whack-O! (1956)
Featured review
Sadly neglected, this film proves to be one of the best of British comedies, with a superb script by Muir and Norden,based on their hit TV series "Whacko", that produces endless laughs from fine comic performances from Jimmy Edwards as the rascally headmaster ,from Arthur Howard as the put-upon "Mr Pettigrew" and from the rest of the supporting cast of British character actors and actresses. The battle by the headmaster to wring money out of the finances at Chiselbury School for his own hedonistic ends and at the same time bully,connive and cheat the pupils led by the wily "Wendover" gives rise to some classic comedy situations exploited to the full by the script and rich comic talents of Jimmy Edwards, who was born to play the outrageous headmaster. This film is home-grown British comedy at its best and is better than "The Belles of St.Trinian's" and "The Happiest Days of Your Life", other excellent comedy films based on school-life. Most films made from successful TV comedies have proven to be great disappointments, this film is the exception.
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- Also known as
- Guerra fredda e pace calda
- Filming locations
- Associated British Elstree Studios, Shenley Road, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England, UK(studio: made at Associated British Elstree Studios, England.)
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- Runtime1 hour 30 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.66 : 1
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